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it does appear that chuck hagel will be confirmed as secretary of defense. will this delay his performance during his confirmation hearing make him a less effective or respected secretary of defense? >> process isn't over and the delay is a caused by hagel himself. additional information was needed in his testimony. the senators have a right to review that material and use that in their judgment. assuming he is confirmed, certainly his performance before the senate was not of the caliber as anybody would thought as somebody seeking the department of defense. it was not where it should have been. he knows that. certainly the white house knows that. having said that, i think the jury out. they are going to be looking to see when she confirmed as to whether he is up for the job. really the burden is on him to show that he is. i think there are a lot of people that will be sitting back uncomfortably to see whether or not he is going to be able to lead the department of defense, not only within his department of defense infrastructure but also with his relation w
it does appear that chuck hagel will be confirmed as secretary of defense. will this delay his performance during his confirmation hearing make him a less effective or respected secretary of defense? >> process isn't over and the delay is a caused by hagel himself. additional information was needed in his testimony. the senators have a right to review that material and use that in their judgment. assuming he is confirmed, certainly his performance before the senate was not of the caliber...
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>> okay. >> if chuck hagel will take the job right now, god bless them. whoever will be the secretary of defense, they will go through this constricting budget, they will implement things in combat. implementing it is going to be hard. something is going to come to ahead with iran during this for years, just mathematically. it will be a very difficult for years. now, i think that he has great background to bring to it. his time is useful because it gives you such contacts. but the most important thing is that if he and president obama are a good team, that is what matters. i don't worry so much about his policy positions one way or another. but the fact that they feel that they can be a good team together, that is important. unless the president nominate somebody who is just, in my mind, unqualified or something. i tend to think the leader should be about who he wants. >> thank you, general. [applause] .. we need yours poured and we need your input. and so we changed a few things about the board meeting. we shorten them considerably. we stayed away from t
>> okay. >> if chuck hagel will take the job right now, god bless them. whoever will be the secretary of defense, they will go through this constricting budget, they will implement things in combat. implementing it is going to be hard. something is going to come to ahead with iran during this for years, just mathematically. it will be a very difficult for years. now, i think that he has great background to bring to it. his time is useful because it gives you such contacts. but the...
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one, do you support or oppose chuck hagel as secretary of defense? to, what is your violation of thomas ricks criticism of american generals since world war ii except for you and general petraeus? [laughter] >> altaic the second verse. it's painful to read about generals being criticized because a lot of it's correct. you see it and say that's me, i'm guilty of that. we had shortcomings of not being strategically enough minded. you know, you get focused on your job, your tactical part of the mission and not digging the big strategic problem you're trying to solve. one is not firing enough people. we don't fire and not generals. .. you know, from the senate, his time in vietnam is useful because it gives you a context. the most important thing is if he and president obama are a good team, that is what matters. though much worry about his policy positions one way or another because he will be a policy maker. the president's policies will go but the fact that the field that they can be a good team, to me that is the important thing. allows the president
one, do you support or oppose chuck hagel as secretary of defense? to, what is your violation of thomas ricks criticism of american generals since world war ii except for you and general petraeus? [laughter] >> altaic the second verse. it's painful to read about generals being criticized because a lot of it's correct. you see it and say that's me, i'm guilty of that. we had shortcomings of not being strategically enough minded. you know, you get focused on your job, your tactical part of...
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he also answered questions about the secretary nominee chuck hagel, unemployment figures and steven chu. this is 45 minutes. >> you better tell us a joke. >> no way. that was too good. i can't tell you that one. right? good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. happy friday. i have no questions -- i mean, i have no announcements so i'll straight g straight to questions. i do -- you probably have in your inbox a statement from the president on steven chu's departure. as you know, the president, if you've read it, thanks secretary chu for his dedicated service on behalf of the american people. as a nobel prize-winning physicist or scientist, steve brought to the energy department a unique understanding of both the urgent challenge presented by climate change and the tremendous opportunity that clean energy represents for our country. this again is the president speaking. during his time as secretary, steve helped my administration move america toward real energy independence. over the past four years we have doubled the use of renewable energy, dramatically reduced our dependence on foreign oi
he also answered questions about the secretary nominee chuck hagel, unemployment figures and steven chu. this is 45 minutes. >> you better tell us a joke. >> no way. that was too good. i can't tell you that one. right? good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. happy friday. i have no questions -- i mean, i have no announcements so i'll straight g straight to questions. i do -- you probably have in your inbox a statement from the president on steven chu's departure. as you know, the...
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hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible to imagine the negotiated transition and not enough to trivialize 60,000 dead and hundreds of thousands with life crippling injuries to force the divided self-centered destructive international community to emerge the unified policy but this is not barack obama. i voted for the republicans and democrats. i work for republicans and democrats. the notion that somehow he is responsible for this or that an early intervention would have prevented the radicalization, the fact is decentralization is the subtext of the air of -- arab srping, what ever you want to call it. 72,000 was the consolidation of the full authoritarian leaders, full republic, then why you are seeing now is decentralization and it is everywhere. you are seeing the end of what never was a deep state. syria, iraq, libya. this is the problem that we have to deal with. finally, i do not suggest abandoning syria. a buffer jordan and
hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible to imagine the negotiated transition and not enough to trivialize 60,000 dead and hundreds of thousands with life crippling injuries to force the divided self-centered destructive international community to emerge the unified policy but this is not barack obama. i voted for the republicans and democrats....
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and chuck hagel does not believe that is the right one. we can all accept -- the president believes that senator hagel will make an excellent senate -- secretary of defense. he looks forward to working with senator hagel in that position as we continue to advance our national security priorities. >> the topic from yesterday. today's jobs data shows the unemployment rate rising. it has hovered in that range for a number of months. the economy created jobs. at a modest pace. we had a report recently of contraction in the nation's output in the fourth quarter of last year. there are people writing writing columns, calling for the need for a plan for faster growth, not deficit reduction. what does the president tell his advisers when he sees the signs of a sluggish recovery? what is he asking and the way of things to read recovery, create jobs, and stimulate growth? >> i will go to the narrow question first. every time he meets with his economic advisers, the focus is on job creation and economic growth. that includes when we had discussions a
and chuck hagel does not believe that is the right one. we can all accept -- the president believes that senator hagel will make an excellent senate -- secretary of defense. he looks forward to working with senator hagel in that position as we continue to advance our national security priorities. >> the topic from yesterday. today's jobs data shows the unemployment rate rising. it has hovered in that range for a number of months. the economy created jobs. at a modest pace. we had a report...
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chuck hagel is an eisenhower republican. ike had the defense posture called the new look. they cut back on missile systems and on u.s. troops during that time. there were being fiscally responsible when it came to defense spending. obama will have a new look defense posture in some ways. on relied in the 1950's nuclear-weapons and president obama has a drone policy, " defense on the cheap," as they used to call leit. role warre earl warren appointed to the supreme court. he acted in american interest when he defended egypt. nobody would argue it wasn't brave of eisenhower to do so. the greatest public works project on his watch. the st. lawrence seaway. he created nasa, which led the way to the kennedy years in going to the moon. barack, the federal troops to protect school girls going to school and dealing with the implementation of brown. the virtues of eisenhower were quite strong. n a thirdhave won third to term. host: this from twitter. guest: well, of course, depending on how you look at things. some people vote for the lesser of two evils. many dreamed for a third p
chuck hagel is an eisenhower republican. ike had the defense posture called the new look. they cut back on missile systems and on u.s. troops during that time. there were being fiscally responsible when it came to defense spending. obama will have a new look defense posture in some ways. on relied in the 1950's nuclear-weapons and president obama has a drone policy, " defense on the cheap," as they used to call leit. role warre earl warren appointed to the supreme court. he acted in...